Kodak Vision 2383

This Film stock is a Very Popular Film stock used to make Release Prints for Projection in Cinemas. Its Generally not made for use in Cameras and therefore can lead to some interesting effects and experimentation. This Page will help give you some examples and Techniques that you can use with this Film.

USES

Firstly there is two main uses for this film, One which is making Positive Duplicates from Negatives which is essentially The Films intended use.

The Second is to use it in camera to Capture images the same as regular Negative film

Film Specs

ISO This Film Has an ISO range Between 1-6 ISO depending on Filtration.
Color Balanced for Negative film
Vision 2383 Has A clear ESTAR base
Non Remjet Coated
Standard Development in ECP-2D But Can be Developed C41 or B&W
Darkroom Safelight Kodak 13 Filter/Dark Yellow
No Reciprocity correction from 1/10-1/3000 second
KODAK Data Sheet Here

Exposing In Camera

When exposing in Camera a couple of methods can be used

Unfiltered: When shot Unfiltered this film can be exposed between ISO 3-6 and then developed in C41 or B&W. When Developed color the images will have a very Heavy Blue Cast with Pops of Color such as Yellow. Images can be Developed in C41 and then Scanned/converted to Black and White for a Neutral look.

Filtered: This is the Preferred Method of shooting this Film. A filter Between a Yellow and an Orange Filter will Cut down on the Blue Cast for a More Natural Color look. When Shooting with an Orange Filter it is recommended to expose an extra stop or 2 Higher at roughly ISO 1 .

Darkroom Use

This Film Can be Used To Create Positive copies of Negative film by contact printing your negative film on top of the Vision film and exposing with an enlarger. it is generally recommended to use a color enlarging head to help achieve correct color balance the same way as RA-4 printing.

This film can be used under a Dim Kodak 13/Dark Yellow Safelight.

This Film can Be used to make Black and White Positives also from Black and White or Color Negative Film.

It Can also be used for other experimental darkroom uses such as photograms.

Development

This. Film Can Be Developed in a Few Different ways:

Standard C-41, this film is safe for processing in Standard lab Processors. For Home Development in C-41, this film benefits from reduced Bleach and Fixing Times due to the thin emulsion and the standard for ECP-2D processing, Bleach and Fix times can be Safely Reduced by Half and fixing is complete when the film base appears clear or with a slight blue cloudiness that will disappear when dry.

This Film Can Be developed as a standard Black and White Film Using Standard B&W Developers and Fixers. Development times and recommended developers will be coming in the near future and will generally be depended on the Iso Shot and the Contrast desired.

Bleach Bypassing Can Also be recommended and will add Density to the Negative the Equivilant of Roughly 1 Stop- 2 Stops of extra exposure

E6 Cross Processing is not recommended and results in Blank Negatives.

RA-4 Developer is something I am Investigating as its Developer is Closer to the ECP-2D Developer and may result in better color Accuracy